Harvey Elliott (signed on loan)

[eamonn]

The buyback is £65m ? Decent if so.

[Smithy]

How did they help us ?

Because by agreeing to a loan with an obligation to buy next summer, our net spend THIS season remains within the restraints placed upon us by UEFA following our fine.  Had we been forced to pay for him this window, we likely would have fallen foul of those restraints, and not been able to buy him at all.

Yes, Livepool have got themselves a buy-back, and a loan fee, but by agreeing to the loan with obligation to buy we basically got the player we wanted, and stayed the right side of our specific UEFA restrictions.

[pauliewalnuts]

From the article on the OS, Elliott:

“The only way to do that is to play games and there’s no better place to do that than here, especially with the manager, his philosophy, the way he plays and his trust in younger players.

*raises eyebrow, like in a gif*

[BoVillan esq]

Out of a sublimely dull transfer window, comes one sparkling light, welcome Harvey Elliot to Villa, WE NEED YOU. seriously good player with great stats, best of all he knows where the goal is, he owns that area between the posts, he doesn't think its on top of the stand or any space between each corner flag, which I'm convinced one or two of our front men think that, great shot power, play him from the start, he's only got one gear, flat out, could this be the end of these slow motion meandering starts we have, fingers crossed Uni lets him play his way.

[The Edge]

From the article on the OS, Elliott:

“The only way to do that is to play games and there’s no better place to do that than here, especially with the manager, his philosophy, the way he plays and his trust in younger players.

*raises eyebrow, like in a gif*

*only if he thinks they're good enough.

[Grande Pablo]

One of the most exciting signings we've made for a good few years.  Can't wait for Everton, but do worry the likes of Malan are already looking towards their next move.

[cdbearsfan]

From the article on the OS, Elliott:

“The only way to do that is to play games and there’s no better place to do that than here, especially with the manager, his philosophy, the way he plays and his trust in younger players.

*raises eyebrow, like in a gif*

To be fair, pretty much every player Unai has picked has been younger than him. Perhaps that's what they meant.

[Drummond]

Well Rogers is a good example. Bogarde another. Duran didn't do badly for his age...

[Somniloquism]

Bogarde was dropped like a stone second half of the season. But Elliot could be undroppable like Rogers. He will need to perform really.

[ozzjim]

Emery looked genuinely delighted to see him in the video on Instagram when he met him at the training ground. Think he wanted this one over the line.

[Drummond]

I've got a good feeling about this. Elliott and Rogers linking up, Watkins running in front...

[ldavfc4eva]

Good interview, seems a very grounded and likeable lad.

Hope he does well, I think he will

[cdbearsfan]

Having walked through Aston Park after the Palace game feeling like I was glad we weren't playing for a fortnight, I'm now looking forward to the next game and disappointed I have to suffer Scotland rather than Villa this week, partly to see how Elliott gets on. I'm the archetypal fickle Villa fans.

[Somniloquism]

I'm assuming Elliot is too old for U21's now.

[cdbearsfan]

Yep.